I'll Eat When I'm Dead
Autor Barbara Bourlanden Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 iul 2018
Observăm cu un interes profund cum miza psihologică a romanului I'll Eat When I'm Dead depășește granițele unui simplu mister polițist, ancorându-se în obsesia contemporană pentru perfecțiunea fizică. Moartea lui Hillary Whitney, o editoare impecabilă găsită într-o sală de conferințe fără ferestre la sediul RAGE Fashion Book, este tratată inițial ca o consecință tragică a regimurilor de slăbire extreme. Totuși, sub sclipirea acidă a satirei, Barbara Bourland construiește o critică tăioasă la adresa industriei care transformă ambiția feminină într-un mecanism de autodistrugere. Suntem de părere că forța acestui debut constă în echilibrul dintre umorul vicios și realitatea brutală a muncii în modă, unde personajele navighează printr-un hățiș de „minciuni și cremă hidratantă”. Ritmul este alert, susținut de alianța neobișnuită dintre detectivul Mark Hutton și rebela Catherine Ono, oferind o perspectivă din interior asupra unui univers în care imaginea valorează mai mult decât viața. Din punct de vedere stilistic, lucrarea amintește de Immortal in Death de J. D. Robb prin atmosfera electrizantă a New York-ului și explorarea viciilor din spatele podiumului, dar se diferențiază printr-o abordare satirică mult mai pronunțată și o atenție minuțioasă acordată politicii corpului. În contextul operei sale, această carte pune bazele preocupărilor pe care Barbara Bourland le va rafina în Fake Like Me și The Force of Such Beauty, investigând constant prețul succesului în medii dominate de estetică și elitism. Notăm că experiența autoarei în redacții celebre precum Condé Nast conferă textului o autenticitate rară, transformând satira într-o oglindă fidelă a unei lumi pe cât de strălucitoare, pe atât de nemiloase.
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ISBN-10: 1455595209
Pagini: 336
Dimensiuni: 141 x 209 x 25 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Hachette Book Group
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De ce să citești această carte
Recomandăm acest roman cititorilor care apreciază satira socială inteligentă și misterele plasate în universuri exclusiviste. Câștigul lecturii rezidă în demontarea miturilor industriei de modă printr-o scriitură plină de „savoir-faire”. Este o alegere excelentă pentru fanii genului polițist care caută o voce proaspătă, capabilă să combine suspansul cu o analiză acidă a standardelor de frumusețe moderne.
Despre autor
Barbara Bourland este o scriitoare americană apreciată critic, cunoscută pentru abordarea sa satirică asupra industriilor creative. Înainte de a deveni romancieră, a acumulat o experiență vastă ca redactor independent și producător web pentru titluri iconice de la Condé Nast și Hearst, detalii care îi infuzează proza cu un realism documentat. Debutul său, I'll Eat When I'm Dead, a fost numit cartea anului de către Refinery29 și Irish Independent. Bourland locuiește în Baltimore, unde continuă să exploreze în romanele sale, precum Fake Like Me, intersecția dintre artă, identitate feminină și presiune socială.
Descriere scurtă
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Every weekday morning, as the sun rose above Sixth Avenue, a peerless crop of women-frames poised, behavior polished, networks connected, and bodies generally buffed to a high sheen-were herded by the cattle prod of their own ambition to one particular building. They're smart, stylish, and sophisticated, even the one found dead in her office.
When stylish Hillary Whitney dies alone in a locked, windowless conference room at the offices of RAGE Fashion Book, her death is initially ruled an unfortunate side effect of the unrelenting pressure to be thin. But Hillary's best friend and fellow RAGE editor Catherine Ono knows her friend's dieting wasn't a capital P problem. If beauty could kill, it'd take more than that.
When two months later, a cryptic note in Hillary's handwriting ends up in the office of the NYPD and the case is reopened, Det. Mark Hutton is led straight into the glamorous world of RAGE and into the life of hot-headed and fiercely fabulous Cat, who insists on joining the investigation. Surrounded by a supporting cast of party girls, Type A narcissists and half- dead socialites, Cat and her colleague Bess Bonner are determined to solve the case and achieve sartorial perfection. But their amateur detective work has disastrous results, and the two ingénues are caught in a web of drugs, sex, lies and moisturizer that changes their lives forever.
Viciously funny, this sharp and satirical take on the politics of women's bodies and women's work is an addictive debut novel that dazzles with style and savoire faire.
Notă biografică
Bourland is a former freelance writer and web producer for titles at Condé Nast and Hearst, among others. She lives in Baltimore with her husband and dog.
Her second novel, Fake Like Me, is forthcoming in June 2019 from Grand Central Publishing in North America and from riverrun abroad. Fake Like Me was written with support from The Wassaic Project in Wassaic, NY, where Bourland was a resident over the winter of 2017-2018.
Recenzii
"A whodunnit with a Devil Wears Prada twist...If you love UnReal, then this smart, sassy novel will be right up your alley."—Refinery29
"Sex. Drugs. Dries van Noten. I'll Eat When I'm Dead skewers Tribe Fashion with wit and wicked intelligence. From Finnish toast-only restaurants to kobe-beef hide bikinis and grandiose faux feminism, Barbara Bourland makes you laugh out loud, and keep turning the page. A deft, smart, and hilarious debut."—Wednesday Martin, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Primates of Park Avenue
"A highly polished satire... Hilarious."—Sunday Times
"Let me tell you, contrary to you might have heard, books about fashion can be both smart and funny. Barbara Bourland's snarky debut novel manages to tackle the politics of fashion magazines, the pitfalls and pratfalls being a social media influencer, and the true dangers of the pressures put on women for their appearances and the very real threats to their mental and physical health. And yet Bourland walks the line between serious and comedy so deftly that anyone who has read a women's magazine or caught an episode of America's Next Top Model will understand the jokes and the lessons without conflict."—Fortune
"A murder investigation hijacked by a hotheaded fashion magazine editor and her posse of party girls, narcissists, and socialites--what could go wrong?... Bourland turns a sharp eye to the politics of women's bodies and work environments in this compulsively readable mystery."—Read it Forward
"I'll Eat When I'm Dead combines sharp satire of the beauty-and-fashion industry with a twisty mystery."—Tampa Bay Times
"One part deliciously satirical send-up, one part murder mystery, I'll Eat When I'm Dead had me laughing out loud. This bold and wildly entertaining, in-your-face novel signals the arrival of Barbara Bourland as an exciting and savvy new voice."—Sara Blaedel, #1 international bestselling author of The Forgotten Girls
"I can't put I'll Eat When I'm Dead down, I LOVE it. Biting, funny, and brilliantly subversive; Bourland's debut is like The Devil Wears Prada meets American Psycho."—Louise O'Neill, author of Only Ever Yours and Asking For It
"Bourland's delightfully snarky debut leans heavily on satire, poking razor-sharp fun at the beauty industry and the cut-throat world that Bess and Cat inhabit, and some scenes are laugh-out-loud funny. However, for all the outrageous (and eye-opening) focus on makeup, beauty, fashion, and of course, the desire to be thin, there are tantalizing glimpses of the vulnerability and insecurities beneath the surface. Death by beauty was never so much fun."—Kirkus
"Delightfully, playfully skewering the fashion and beauty industries, this is like The Devil Wears Prada with more feminism, plus murder."—Booklist
"Barbara Bourland deftly tackles body-image issues with wit in this mystery."—US Weekly
"A reckless adventure in the world of starry-eyed models, dubiously sourced drugs, anorexia, and Instagram. But don't let the frills and flashbulbs fool you. Barbara Bourland is here to show you that fashion is a deadly serious business."—Mikita Brottman, author of The Maximum Security Book Club
A smart feminist fashion manifesto packed with pulpy, sexy, murderous intrigue. Highly entertaining!—Elizabeth Cline, author of Overdressed
"A compulsively readable, satirical romp with a sharp and vicious twist, I'll Eat When I'm Dead is a timely, smart, and perceptive mystery,"—K.J Howe, author of The Freedom Broker
"Funny, fierce, feminist."—Sarra Manning, Red (UK)
"I'll Eat When I'm Dead had me hooked with its biting satire of the fashion world's dark underbelly. And what a heroine! Anyone who has opened up a woman's magazine and despaired at the content should read this book."—Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett, Co-Editor of The Vagenda
"Readers will devour this mystery by Bourland. What at first seems a death by natural causes turns into a murder that will have you guessing at whodunit up until the very end. . . A fun, witty, edge-of-your-seat ride through the demanding and sometimes dangerous world of fashion.—RT Book Reviews
"Thoroughly modern... stylish. Bourland narrates at a quick New York City tempo, detailing perks, personal connections, and property values, both satirizing and celebrating fashion and feminism."—Publisher's Weekly
"The darker side of perfection is cast under the spotlight [in this] black comedy."—Sunday Mirror
Descriere
'Biting, funny, brilliantly subversive' Louise O'Neill'Highly-polished satire . . .
Hilarious' Sunday Times'Funny, fierce, feminist' RedCat Ono, feminist powerhouse and high-flying editor at RAGE magazine, knows the price of fashion. Her friend - found dead in her office - just paid it. Everyone thinks Hillary dieted to death, but Cat suspects if beauty kills, it'd take more than that.
She's sure she can match the investigating skills of the smart (and conveniently hot) Detective Mark Hutton, solve the case and achieve sartorial perfection.But when Cat goes undercover, she gets in over her head. Soon she's snared in a very stylish web of drugs, sex, lies and moisturizer that will change her look - and outlook - forever.